Electoral district of Burwood
Burwood Australian Labor Party | |
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Electors | 43,169 (2018) |
Area | 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
The electoral district of Burwood was an electorate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was located approximately 13 kilometres east of Melbourne, and covered an area of 25 km2. The seat included the suburbs of Ashburton, Ashwood, Box Hill South, Burwood, Chadstone, and parts of Camberwell, Canterbury, Glen Iris, and Surrey Hills. It was created in 1955 as part of the expansion of the Legislative Assembly, and abolished in 1967, replaced by Glen Iris. Burwood was recreated in 1976, replacing Glen Iris.
The seat's most notable member was
Stensholt went on to hold the seat in his own right for two more terms before Graham Watt regained it for the Liberals. However, he lost his seat at the 2018 Victorian state election to Labor candidate Will Fowles.
The seat was abolished by the Electoral Boundaries Commission ahead of the 2022 election and replaced by the electoral district of Ashwood.[1]
Members for Burwood
First incarnation (1955–1967) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Jim MacDonald | Liberal and Country
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1955–1965 | |
Liberal
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1965–1967 | ||
Second incarnation (1976–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Jeff Kennett | Liberal
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1976–1999 | |
Bob Stensholt | Labor
|
1999–2010 | |
Graham Watt | Liberal
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2010–2018 | |
Will Fowles | Labor
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2018–2022 |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Graham Watt | 16,138 | 42.73 | −7.33 | |
Labor | Will Fowles | 14,924 | 39.52 | +5.10 | |
Greens | Graham Ross | 4,604 | 12.19 | −0.80 | |
Sustainable Australia | Andrew Williams | 1,101 | 2.92 | +2.92 | |
Animal Justice | Amanda Beattie | 1,000 | 2.65 | +2.65 | |
Total formal votes | 37,767 | 96.55 | +0.02 | ||
Informal votes | 1,348 | 3.45 | −0.02 | ||
Turnout | 39,115 | 90.61 | −2.80 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Will Fowles | 20,132 | 53.31 | +6.47 | |
Liberal | Graham Watt | 17,635 | 46.69 | −6.47 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.47 |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "New Victorian State Electoral Boundaries Finalised – Antony Green's Election Blog". Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ State Election 2018: Burwood District, VEC.
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